Hello Listers, The Penetanguishene Museum is hosting some of the events for the 60th Winterama in February 2008. One of our board members is assembling a pictorial history of the previous 59 Winteramas. He is interested in meeting and talking to any member of the ULRICHSON family who owned the NORSE Boat Company. He has pictures of the "advanced" model of their scoot but would like more information on the company and the family. Please contact me off list if you can help. For those of you who are shaking their heads, wondering what in the world a *_scoot_* is; it was a unique invention that enabled the operator and passengers to travel on either ice and water. Basically, it was a boat with the motor mounted aft and above the water line - similar to the tour boats used in the Everglades. It ran over the ice but if it encountered open water it proceeded along just like a boat. You can still see a few in operation on Penetang Bay once in a while during the winter. Pam